School Mission: To develop responsible, life-long learners in a student centered
environment where all educational partners are
successful, respected and valued.

Work-to-rule strike action on
Monday, December 5th at all schools in Nova Scotia.

The AVRSB has prepared a document
answering some of the questions regarding the work to
rule coming on Monday. December 5th. You can view the
document by clicking here.

Please read the latest Newsletter for information on the
cancellation of events.

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
has sent out “Information Notice for Parents and
Guardians” outlining answers to frequently asked
questions about possible NSTU job action.
Click on the link to view the article.

Breakfast with Santa has come and gone
for another year and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to many people
for making it a success once again. Thanks to the
volunteers, some of whom worked from September to make things work.
Thanks to the businesses and individuals who so graciously donated
items for the Breakfast and for the Ticket Auction. Thanks to all
the people who came to share in the experience of Breakfast with
Santa. We feel this was our largest event ever!

Special thanks to our friends from
Scotiabank who volunteered their time on the 26th and who will be
making a generous donation to LCS in the near future. Your support
is greatly appreciated.

We raised over $6,000.00 to support
programs at LCS. It is wonderful that our small school continues to
have the support of so many.

There are
SIX presentations coming up over the next few weeks. They
are brought to you by the Annapolis RCMP Seniors Safety
Program and supported by the Seniors Safety Grant from the
NS Departments of Seniors and Justice. Sessions are open
and of interest to all.

We have new students who have life
threatening allergies (anaphylaxis) to peanuts and other
nuts and therefore it is essential that we make our school
allergy safe.

In
collaboration with the AVRSB School Nurse, we have learned
the best way to reduce the risk of accidental exposure of
allergens to these students is to respectfully ask for
your co-operation as the parents/guardians within our LCS
community to:

AVOID SENDING PEANUT BUTTER OR PRODUCTS WITH PEANUTS OR
NUTS LISTED IN THE INGREDIENTS, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

We realize that this request may pose an inconvenience for
you when packing your child’s snack or lunch. However, we
hope you will appreciate the seriousness of our situation
and assist in our efforts to create as safe an environment
as possible. With your cooperation we can minimize the
risk of a severe allergic reaction. In addition, our
school cafeteria will no longer be selling items that
contain nuts, such as peanut butter sandwiches or peanut
butter cookies.

Included with this letter is some information about peanut
allergies as well as things that you can teach your child
in order to protect the health and safety of the students
with the potentially life-threatening allergy.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and
co-operation as we welcome our new students into our nut
aware learning environment!

Welcome
back to the 2016-17 After School Program. Crystal Wood
will continue as Program Coordinator and can be reached
from 8:30 to 5:30 on
this new number(902)824-0671. (
texting is welcomed )

Payments
for the Program will remain the same: 1 child-$7, 2
children-$12 and 3 children-$16. If your child will be
absent or attending the program on a different scheduled
day please contact the cell phone.

Snacks
this school year will be provided by the LCS Cafeteria,
thanks to money we received from the Women’s Place
Resource Center. We do value any craft materials families
could donate to the program.

If you
would like your child/ren to attend the Program this
school year you can contact the school office or the
Program Coordinator for registration forms.

Thank you,
sincerelyProgram Coordinator,
Crystal Wood.

As
you may know, the Nova Scotia School Insurance Program
(SIP) is the non-profit insurer owned by school boards
across Nova Scotia.

Since
1988 we have paid for basic student accident insurance
for every student in the Province for school hours and
activities.

In previous
years we sent all schools flyers to give to each student
providing parents and guardians the option to purchase
the Gold Plan for 24/7 coverage. This year we would like to
promote the Gold Plan only online. You can get all the
information about this program by visiting their website
at:http://sip.ca/

Student Success Plan Goals
2015-2016

- Gr. P-1

Literacy:
Develop reading sight word vocabulary accuracy in
students and help them to accurately use these words in
their written work.

-Math:
Develop student understanding of concepts and skills
around partitioning of numbers and how to represent them
concretely, pictorially, symbolically, orally and in
writing.

-
Gr.
2-5
Literacy: Increase student reading comprehension
focusing on the non-literal and “about and beyond the
text” comprehension of the text.

-Math:
Increase student understanding of various forms of
patterning and how this assists in overall development
of number concepts.

Parents:
Do you or your child have an idea for a Publish It! Riverside Press
book? Perhaps you have done something special for March
Break or maybe you have seen signs of spring or have a
story about Lawrencetown in the past. Almost any idea
can become a great book for your child to share with
family and friends. Even if you have already made a
book, you can make another. There is no charge and you
get a copy of your book free. It will take about an hour
of your time and you don’t need any typing or computer
skills. We will help you every step of the way. Books
can be made by grandparents as well!!
For more information or to make an appointment,
contact: Angie Carreira,
584-3569.

Have you read the neat article in
the Spectator about Mrs. Caldwell and her publishing
with Publish It?
Check it out on the

Family Matters is located at 10
Middle Road Lawrencetown in the former Lawrencetown Consolidated
High School Building. It has lots of programs for parents and
children in Annapolis County.
Visit the
Family Matters website for more
information.

Care to read a book or
two about
the history of the Lawrencetown Consolidated School? You can find
them in the school library or the Village Library or you can contact the
author
Dave Whitman.

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provided for your convenience, and do not constitute an endorsement
by the AVRSB or its schools of the content, policies or products of
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The AVRSB does not control the external linked sites, and is not
responsible for the accuracy, legality or content of the external
linked sites or for that of subsequent links.
The AVRSB makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the
information on its website and its schools’ websites; however, it
makes no guarantees or warranties that the information is
error-free.
Please contact the external site for answers to questions regarding
its content. If an outdated or inappropriate site is found, please
report to the AVRSB.